Word: sopped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policemen in town do the job that two used to do. Neither the population nor the incidence of crime has increased more than a fraction. A nearby hamlet was adequately supplied with two special education teachers, but there were funds left over so they hired a third teacher to sop up the surplus. A member of a state review board attended a meeting where he and the others were warned that their appropriation was not all spent, and if they did not use the funds, they would be cut back next year. A small shop received through the mail...
...negotiations, maneuvers and threats, the B.C.O.A. surrendered more or less completely. What the United Mine Workers wanted, they got: a $2.40-an-hour wage increase over three years, company-guaranteed health care, and the right to honor wildcat pickets without retributions. For the mineowners, there was only the minor sop of a presidential commission to examine improved health, safety and productivity. The agreement "will be ratified overwhelmingly," predicted one confident U.M.W. official...
...instructions in her favorite cookbook, Mountain Measures. "If the recipe says it serves six, it's exactly six," she says. "It don't lie. No more scraps for the dog." One of her favorite dishes is "sawmill gravy," known to other Cabin Creek families as "dough sop": bacon grease, flour, water, evaporated milk, salt and lots of pepper, poured over biscuits and served for breakfast or dinner...
...prescription had been inhibited by federal laws. Combined with a new onslaught of "scare" studies, this persuaded the Congress to list THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) as a "Schedule I" drug. This meant that, even under medical supervision, the drug was too dangerous to be used. As a sop to those who protested, Congress set up the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse to study the problem and make recommendations. Unfortunately, it seemed that members of Congress would only be interested in study results if the Commision told them what they wanted to hear. In its 1972 report...
...rockers; his eyes are genuinely loony, wild and dangerous-looking, behind huge Buddy Holly horn-rims. No doubt about it--this guy is strange. Musically, too, the album has more than its share of outward cliches, from Phil Spectorish drum riffs to high-school rhythm guitar licks and doo-sop backing vocals...